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Dark Accounting Matter

Harvard Corporate Governance

Posted by Colleen Honigsberg (Stanford Law School), on Tuesday, July 9, 2024 Editor's Note: Colleen Honigsberg is Associate Dean of Curriculum and Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. The S&P 500 currently trades at a price to book value of 4.2, This post is based on her recent paper.

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M&A Valuation Methods: Your Essential Guide with 7 Key Methods

Valutico

Valutico | May 7, 2024 Valuation is really important in finance. It’s about figuring out how much an asset or company is worth right now. Pros and Cons of the Asset Based Approach Pros Cons Objectivity: Provides a clear and objective basis for valuation based on tangible data.

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Data Update 3 for 2025: The times they are a'changin'!

Musings on Markets

In my first two data posts for 2025, I looked at the strong year that US equities had in 2024, but a very good year for the overall market does not always translate into equivalent returns across segments of the market. trillion in market cap just in 2024 , and that over the last five (ten) years, the sector has added $11.3